Re: [MOSAIC] Fry list and QRI-4
I found the Fry list by grade level when I did a web search. You may want to look at the QRI - 4 (Qualitative Reading Inventory - 4th Ed). It is has grade level word lists. 25 to a grade. I have found this a good indicator. There are 2 ways to score - 1)read it within 3 seconds and 2)student decodes. You do both at the same time so you aren't doing 2 separate reads. THEN, you can always follow up with the passage read (if you want) which is similar to DRA. Nancy H Literacy Leader nhollo...@roaneschools.com -Original Message- From: mosaic-bounces+nholloway=roaneschools@literacyworkshop.org [mailto:mosaic-bounces+nholloway=roaneschools@literacyworkshop.org] On Behalf Of mosaic-requ...@literacyworkshop.org Sent: Monday, August 29, 2011 12:00 PM To: mosaic@literacyworkshop.org Subject: Mosaic Digest, Vol 60, Issue 23 Send Mosaic mailing list submissions to mosaic@literacyworkshop.org To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit http://mail.literacyworkshop.org/mailman/listinfo/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to mosaic-requ...@literacyworkshop.org You can reach the person managing the list at mosaic-ow...@literacyworkshop.org When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than Re: Contents of Mosaic digest... Today's Topics: 1. DRAs more quickly (Domina.Natasha) 2. San Diego Quick (Brenda White-Keller) 3. Re: San Diego Quick (Patricia Kimathi) 4. Re: Mosaic Digest, Vol 60, Issue 20 (beverleep...@gmail.com) 5. Re: DRAs more quickly (Pam Singer) 6. Re: DRAs more quickly (Deborah Lawson) 7. 7th grade read alouds (Dluhos Sara (31R024)) 8. Re: San Diego Quick (Jan Silver) 9. Re: 7th grade read alouds (Kristine Peterson) -- This message contains confidential information and is intended only for the individual(s) named. If you are not the named addressee, you should not disseminate, distribute or copy this email. Please notify the sender immediately by email if you have received this email by mistake and delete this email from your system. Email transmission cannot be guaranteed to be secure or error-free, as information could be intercepted, corrupted, lost, destroyed, arrive late or incomplete, or contain viruses. The sender, therefore, does not accept liability for any errors or omissions in the contents of this message which arise as a result of email transmission. If verification is required, please request a hard-copy version. ___ Mosaic mailing list Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive
Re: [MOSAIC] I need suggestions about assessments
In this vein, I found http://www.hallco.org/literacy/ - if you click on the left bar RTI literacy notebook then under Progress Monitoring Tools then dra short form, there's a rubric based on the DRA for a retelling + 2 inferential questions. You can use it with any leveled book. We've used FP for a couple of years now and like it very much. I prefer it to the DRA because of the conversational comprehension questions and the lack of an emphasis on writing (which is a different thing to assess from reading comprehension). We don't use the FP for our Universal Screening, though. For that we've used Dibels for the last 2 years and are moving to Aimsweb this year. My feeling is that the FP or DRA are not quick enough for a US. I assume that the Universal Screening issue is why your administration mandated the Dibels, Saundra. The DRA2 questions sound interesting. I'll keep an eye out for them. Cathy - Original Message - From: Shults Mt moosetra...@montanasky.net To: Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group mosaic@literacyworkshop.org Sent: Sunday, August 28, 2011 9:04 AM Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] I need suggestions about assessments Last year I field tested for the second time, a new component for DRA2 or rather a separate assessment component, a progress monitoring assessment that can be done quickly in comparison to the writing for comprehension piece of DRA2. It is still a running record assessment with approximately 6 quick questions that vary at different levels, from setting, vocabulary, synthesis ect. that should be out this fall. This could be done throughout the year and then use the full DRA2 for beginning and end of year. Trish Shults - Original Message - From: Saundra McDonald sonimcdon...@comcast.net To: mosaic@literacyworkshop.org Sent: Saturday, August 27, 2011 17:55 Subject: [MOSAIC] I need suggestions about assessments Our school is struggling with deciding what kind of reading assessment to use for grades 3-5. In the past we have used DIBELS (mandated by the administration) and DRA2. Our principal has expressed her concern that the DRAs take up too much instructional time to administer and some of the teachers feel there is not consistency from grade to grade in how they are given and so the results are not that helpful. My question is what assessments do you use at your school? Has anyone used the Fontas and Pinnell system? If so, is it any less time consuming than the DRAs? What else is out there? Thank you, Saundra ___ Mosaic mailing list Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive ___ Mosaic mailing list Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive
